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♂ Gary A. Filmon
aliasGary A. Filmon
Record
19764 · 3839

Romanian-Canadian, Ukranian-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 7 0 7
Birth 24 August 1942
Age 81 years + 8 months
First mandate 16 October 1979 → 44 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 23 years + 7 months ago (18 September 2000)
Special notes
None
 
Gary A. Filmon (1942– )
© Photo Legislative Library, Manitoba (via the Manitoba Historical Society) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Janice C.W. Filmon (c. 1943–) Spouse  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 20 10 27 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 32–37
PC
 1 Party leader 41–57 10 Dec 1983 — 28 May 2000 16 5 18
2. MB 32–33
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 41–45 10 Dec 1983 — 09 Mar 1988 4 2 28
3. MB 34–35
PC
 1 Premier 45–57 26 Apr 1988 — 20 Sep 1999 11 4 25
4. MB 37
PC
 2 Opposition Leader 57 18 Nov 1999 — 28 May 2000 0 6 10

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Markus Buchart  m 
⊖ Ralph W. Eisbrenner  m 
⊖ Campbell G. Wright  m 
 		 ⊖ James G. Carr  m 
⊕ J.S.C. Jasper McKee  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,666 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
16 October 1979
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10972(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
PC
 1/4 3,473 52.10% +996 Loser:
LIB
 2,477 37.16% Jay Prober

Service: 2 years 1 month (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,096 Votes: 10,449 Participation: 74.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9348(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 6,731 64.59% +4,298 Loser:
NDP
 2,433 23.35% Terri Gray

Service: 4 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,955 Votes: 10,744 Participation: 71.84% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9405(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
43
PC
 1/4 5,268 49.09% +1,724 Loser:
LIB
 3,544 33.02% James G. Carr

Service: 2 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,072 Votes: 13,618 Participation: 79.77% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9462(F) — 26 Mar 2022 15:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
45
PC
 1/4 6,427 47.28% +124 Loser:
LIB
 6,303 46.37% J.S.C. Jasper McKee

Service: 2 years 4 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,009 Votes: 12,086 Participation: 75.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Manitoba
11 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9519(F) — 23 Sep 2023 13:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
PC
 1/3 7,861 65.14% +4,580 Loser:
LIB
 3,281 27.19% Campbell G. Wright

Service: 4 years 7 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,019 Votes: 13,172 Participation: 73.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
36		 Manitoba
25 April 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9576(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
PC
 1/3 8,691 66.23% +5,716 Loser:
LIB
 2,975 22.67% Rick Rosenberg

Service: 4 years 4 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,749 Votes: 9,876 Participation: 71.83% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Manitoba
21 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9633(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
57
PC
 1/4 5,952 60.72% +3,619 Loser:
NDP
 2,333 23.80% Jack Dubois
After his election:
18 Sep 2000 58
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 11 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,194 Participation: 46.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Manitoba
21 November 2000
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13947(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
PC
 2,692 51.83% Heather D. Stefanson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Living
Filmon, Gary		 14 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés
Filmon, Gary		 14 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Gary Albert Filmon		 14 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gary Filmon		 14 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gary Filmon		 14 Feb 2024

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